Sorry I forgot to add the pic lol

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Nikki,

That's a fine bit of chopping.

Great job Nikki! Looks like a couple of mine when I "whacked" them,lol...

As far as your question about growing it a single branch(tree form)...I'm not sure that particular Jade would be the one to do it on...you would have to cut/slice a piece off all the way to the roots if you were to do it to that jade. Might be better to buy one with a single trunk to begin with. I'm sure it can be done, just don't know if you want to risk it on yours. See what others suggest?

Lovely burnish on those trunks!

I like them as they are, to be honest, but I'm sure they could be separated if the soil were removed.
Were they individual cuttings planted very close together, or did the smaller trunks grow from the base
of the oldest trunk?

If the cuttings were individuals, they'll come apart easily.
If the trunks are integral, a knife will be needed.


Josh

Thanks everyone.. I beleive the trunks are integral I think I will leave them as they are, I cant wait to see how its going to grow now :)

Good decision, Nikki.
Your Jade is going to bush into a dense tree...
Many styling options will be available to you for years to come.

Josh

Hey! It looks magnificent. Nice job!

The thing is, you really can't go wrong. You were brave, and chopped back to very thick limbs. As Josh points out, many styling options are available in the future. The main trunk on that plant (in the foreground) could stand alone if the others are not attached. I think I would leave it as a clump, and play with the length of different limbs. You need not leave any leaves at all. The plant will recover a full head of hair in about a year. I like to trim them down to stumps, all the leaves disappearing in a zealous fit of cutting. The stark form helps you better imagine how it will look with leaves.

You can't go too far. I would chop some more, but I'm prone to cutting frenzies...

Brad

Something like this:

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Lower the soil by at least an inch. It looks like all the trunks may all come from the same branch. If so, show it off!

I have removed it from its pot to see about lowering the soil but im not sure about the roots, If I lower it what should I do about the roots at the end of the smaller trunks which will be exposed?

I took some pics

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If it were mine I would keep the roots buried for a few years then raise to expose them.

Because after a few years they'd be barky enough to survive being above ground?

sutremaine, you are correct. If raised now the small root with wither ans die.

Nice work, again!
Brad, great advice.

Josh

Hi Everyone just thought I would share an update pic of the Jade plant I cut back

It has been outside since May

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Nikki,

Although I've been wanting to say it all day anyway, I must say that your plant is looking cracking good. Now, I see you still have that side branch growing there. Picture, if you will.....

Nikki, it's a garnet now, but I'm suggesting there's a diamond there just waiting to burst forth, it's just an cutting or three away, IMHO. And that's all I'll say further, other than nice plant, again.

Cheers,

jh